Sharaa's hopes of stitching Syria back together under the rule of his Islamist-led government are complicated by the country's mix of sectarian and ethnic groups.

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

Analysts agree Israel’s triumphs – backed by indirect U.S. military support in Gaza and Lebanon, and direct U.S. intervention ...

Mr. Trump said he had reached the decision to lift the sanctions on Syria after speaking with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who backed the anti-Assad insurgency, and Saudi Arabia’s ...

Al-Sharaa, who enjoyed strong Turkish support in his bid to overthrow the hardline Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, had previously been received by Erdoğan in Ankara in early February. That visit ...

Syria's civil war ended in December when al-Sharaa and a band of rebel fighters overthrew the government of strongman Bashar al-Assad.

Donald Trump surprised everyone by meeting Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Syrian president, a former jihadist. It's all about Trump's gut and what Saudi Crown Prince MBS has planned for the region's future.

President Trump met with the president of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara, an ex-militant who led the rebel alliance that ousted Bashar al-Assad, and who once led a branch of Al Qaeda before he broke ties ...

Both Prince Mohammed and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, which backed the insurgency that brought Mr. al-Shara to power, had urged Mr. Trump to lift the sanctions. Mr.

On Wednesday, Mr. Trump also met with Syria’s president, Ahmed al-Shara, a former rebel leader who spearheaded the campaign that toppled the strongman Bashar al-Assad in December.

President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria during an interview in Damascus, Syria, last month. Mr. al-Shara led a rebel alliance that ousted the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad in December.

Trump to lift Syria sanctions, meet with Sharaa in Saudi Arabia President Donald Trump said his administration would take steps to normalize relations with Syria’s fledgling government.